Two former Parramatta Eels players are accused of harbouring semi-automatic weapons and possessing more than half-a-million dollars in cash after dramatic arrests in Sydney's Centennial Park yesterday.

PM brings the Lucy factor into play

"Don't fall in," you could hear Lucy Turnbull say as her husband stood at the stern of a Sea Link ferry.

We were cruising our way to inspect Magnetic Island on a bumpy swell and everyone was struggling to hold their ground.

And there would be nothing worse than a prime minister overboard.

"You right, Luce," he asked his wife as she tried valiantly to make her way to join him.

"You hang on to me," he said out-stretching his arms in some sort of reverse Jack and Rose Titanic move, simply perfect for the cameras.

This week Turnbull pulled out his secret weapon - his wife of 36 years and a woman of notable achievements in her own right.

Lucy Turnbull traveled up to far-from-sunny North Queensland, jetted West to lend a hand at a $2000-a-head fundraising lunch with deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop, and had the limelight to herself in Sydney.

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There she was honoured with the Verdienstrkeuz am Bande - the German Cross of the Order of Merit - after wrapping up her stint as honorary president of the German-Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce.

"I love you so much and you are such a credit to Australia," the PM told her as he began to tear up.

"It is wonderful to be here with you, supporting you, showing my admiration for you as a very, very proud and loving husband."